Exceptional Extension of Authorization to Stay

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How to Apply

Time of application

10 days before the expiry of the “Authorization to Stay”

Application procedures and documents required

1. Application Approach
   1. The interested person or a legal representative making the application 10 days before the expiry of the “Authorization to Stay”.
   2. The legal representative should submit the following:
      1. A certified letter of authorization;
      2. A copy of his/her valid identification document.
   3. The Residence and Stay Affairs Department can refuse to accept applications which are submitted later than the above limited period or applications which obviously lack a justification.
2. Documents Must be Presented
   1. Unless otherwise noted, the original should be exhibited for authentication if a copy is submitted;
   2. The copy should be authenticated if the original cannot be exhibited.
3. Necessary Documents
   1. A completed Application Form for Exceptional Extension of Authorization to Stay (DARP/SP M-1); Personal Information of Reuniting Kindred of Applicant (Format 8) is also required if the application includes family members;
      [Note: The forms are available at the respective Subdivision and the website of the Public Security Police Force]
   2. Copy of the interested person’s valid passport/travel document (bio data page and used inside pages only, and the Arrival Card for the latest entry to Macao) or identification document used for stay in Macao;
   3. Document which can confirm the justification for the application (e.g. document of kinship between the interested person and his/her kindred in Macao, medical certificate, Macao identity card of a kindred in Macao, etc.).
4. Forms
   1. Application Form for Exceptional Extension of Authorization to Stay (DARP/SP M-1)
   2. Personal Information of Reuniting Kindred of Applicant (Format 8)

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Location of Application and Service Hours

Apply in person: Public Security Police Force  – Stay Subdivision of the Residence and Stay Affairs Department

Address: Immigration Building of the Public Security Police Force, Travessa Um do Cais de Pac On, Taipa, Macao

Office Hours: Mon to Thu, 9:00 – 17:45
Fri, 9:00 – 17:30
(Closed on Sat, Sun and Macao government holidays)

Tags dispensed until: 17:00 (for making applications)
17:15 (collection of result or document supplementation)

Online System: Online Appointment System of Residence and Stay Affairs Department

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Charge

Free of charge

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Processing Time (excluding time of waiting in a queue and postage time for documents sent by mail)

Varies case by case

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Remark / Requirements

1. Penalty for Overstay
   According to Article 58 of Law No. 16/2021 “Legal Regime of Immigration Control, Stay and Residence Authorization of the Macao Special Administrative Region”, non-residents who overstay not because of non-imputable justified reasons will be deported and may be interdicted from entry and prohibited from making applications for Residence Authorization or Special Authorization to Stay for two years starting from the expiry of the entry interdiction period. If a non-resident overstays for not more than 30 days, is not a repeated offender of such infraction and pays the minimum fine (MOP500 per overdue day) upon giving himself or herself to the police or immediately after he or she is discovered, the above stipulation is not applicable. In addition, according to Article 94 of Law No. 16/2021, repetition of the same infraction within 1 year from the date the decision of administrative penalty becomes unappealable and any new administrative infraction committed within 5 years from the previous infraction are considered to be recidivism.
2.  According to Article 30 of Law No. 16/2021 “Legal Regime of Immigration Control, Stay and Residence Authorization of the Macao Special Administrative Region”,
   1. The application for extension of Authorization to Stay will not be approved when the interested person is in any of the conditions stipulated in Term 1, Article 23 of Law No. 16/2021;
   2. The application for Extension of Authorization to Stay will be refused in the following situations:
      1. The condition of lack of a passport, travel document or other document accepted for the purpose of immigration control specified by the interested person has lasted for more than 60 days;
      2. There is any of the entry refusal reasons as specified in Term 2, Article 23 or Article 24 of Law No. 16/2021.

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Application Status Enquiry and Result Collection

Application Status Enquiry: “Inquiry System of Progress of Application for Extension of ‘Authorization to Stay’”

Ways to collect service result:

1.in person

2.Collect by a legal representative.

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